of childcare teams which collectivized the labor of raising children within the organization. Activism and solidarity work Much of the work of Prairie Fire focused on international solidarity. In 1979, the victory of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the FMLN-led "people's war" in El Salvador put the ideals of a just society at the center of attention. In the 1980s, a large solidarity movement developed in the U.S. in response to America's military intervention in Central America. Prairie Fire Organizing Committee actively participated in these efforts. In 1980, the U.S. government arrested eleven Puerto Rican members of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional (FALN, the Armed Forces of National Liberation) who were committing acts of terrorism to gain independence for Puerto Rico. Prairie Fire worked as allies with the Puerto Rican independent movement to demand the release of these prisoners. Since 1984 Prairie Fire has been active in the annual International Women's Day celebration that is held on March 8 in Chicago. Members participate in marches and programs based around the event. In the 1990s, Prairie Fire joined WAC, the Women's Action Coalition, to take direct action against sexism by fighting for women's rights to their bodies and access to women's clinics. In 1996, Prairie Fire initiated the Not On The Guest List Coalition which organized a demonstration at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It was a demonstration that focused its attention on the Death Penalty, racism and classism within the criminal justice system, and for the release of political prisoners which are held within the U.S. prisons. Currently, Prairie Fire also works with thousands of people in the U.S. to protest the war against Iraq and they are activists in many other domains of societal issues that are prevalent in the global community. Cultural production Prairie Fire Organizing Committee produced the journal Breakthrough. Fireworks Graphics Collective, a Bay area printing collective, was their graphic production wing. Fireworks produced posters for international solidarity movements, women's liberation movements, LGBT issues, release of political prisoners, and more. Works Books Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism: The Political Statement of the Weather Underground. San Francisco: Communications Co., 1974. Journals Breakthrough San Francisco: John Brown Book Club, 1977–. References Bibliography Berger, D. (2006). Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground And the Politics of Solidarity. Albany. Sing a Battle Song: The Revolutionary Poetry, Statements, And Communiques of the Weather Underground 1970 - 1974